The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team mounted a furious second-half comeback on Saturday to defeat Monmouth 9-8 on Senior Day in Hamden, clinching a playoff berth in the upcoming Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament.

Michael Sagl led the Bobcats with two goals and two assists and Brian Feldman added two goals.

Quinnipiac (5-7, 4-2) needed either a win or a Detroit Mercy loss to get into the playoffs. Trailing 7-3 at halftime, the Bobcats outscored Monmouth, 6-1, in the second half.

No. 8 Albany 12, No. 7 Yale 11 >> At Albany, New York, Lyle Thompson had three goals and four assists to lead the Great Danes to their non-conference win. Eric Scott led the Bulldogs (9-3, 3-2) with a career-high four goals.

Women’s lacrosse

No. 8 New Haven 15, No. 19 Bentley 11 >> At West Haven, Kathryn Campbell had five goals and an assist to lead the Chargers to their Northeast-10 Conference win on Senior Day at Kayo Field. Courtney Ackland added four goals and an assist for the Chargers (12-2, 9-2).

No. 11 Penn 13, Yale 7 >> At Philadelphia, Tory Bensen had three goals to lead the Quakers to their Ivy League win. Cathryn Avallone led the Bulldogs (6-8, 2-4) with three goals.

St. Michael’s 12, Southern Connecticut 10 >> At Colchester, Vermont, Courtney Piper had three goals and four assists to lead the Purple Knights to their Northeast-10 Conference win. Jennifer McCarthy led the Owls (3-12, 1-10) with four goals.

Baseball

Le Moyne 7, Southern Connecticut 4 >> At Syracuse, New York, Brett Charbonneau had a hit and three RBIs and Jeremy mathers added three hits and two RBIs for the Dolphins in their Northeast-10 Conference win. Jake Lieberman had two hits and an RBI and Matt Burns of Cheshire had a two-run single for the Owls (13-16, 5-8).

New Haven 8-4, Saint Rose 2-19 >> At Albany, New York, Jack Zagaja had five hits including a home run, two doubles and four RBI for the Chargers (9-10, 5-6) in the doubleheader. Nick Russo and Kyle Cullen each had three hits and a double with Russo driving in four runs for New Haven.

Quinnipiac 4-4, Fairfield 3-8 >> At Hamden, in the first game Mike Palladino scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning. With Palladino on second base, Matthew Batten flared a ball down the right field line as the rightfielder, first baseman and second baseman converged on the ball. Second baseman Michael Conti dropped the ball, allowing Pallandino to score. In the second game, Sebastian Salvo had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Stags to victory.

Harvard 10-7, Yale 5-0 >> At Cambridge, Mass., Harvard’s Drew Reid had three hits and two RBIs to complete the Crimson’s Ivy League doubleheader sweep. Harrison White had two hits in the game for the Bulldogs (10-21, 2-12). White had two hits and an RBI to lead Yale in the first game.

Softball

Manhattan 6-3, Quinnipiac 4-2 >> At Hamden, the Bobcats outhit the Jaspers 15 to 10 on the day, but dropped to 4-8 in the MAAC while Manhattan improved to a league leading record of 10-0. Senior Jordan Paolucci and freshman Casey Herzog each had three hits for the Bobcats.

Harvard 10-6, Yale 1-5 >> At Cambridge, Massachusetts, Camillie Weisenbach had five hits, including two doubles and a triple in both games combined for Yale (8-19, 2-10). The Crimson (19-18, 10-4 Ivy) erupted for nine runs in the first inning of the first game, and then scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning in the second game. In the second game, Yale’s Allison Skinner homered in the seventh inning to cut the deficit to one. Lauren Delgadillo had three hits on the day for Yale.

Albertus Magnus 4-10, Mount Ida College 1-4 >> At New Haven, Gillian Fortier had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Falcons in the second game to complete their Great Northeast Athletic Conference sweep. Carli Matrisian of Milford had two hits and two RBIs for the Falcons (21-10, 15-4).

Women’s crew

Princeton retains Eisenberg Cup >> At Derby, the Yale women’s crew varsity four remained undefeated on the spring season, but Princeton retained the Eisenberg Cup, edging the Bulldogs by less than two seconds in the varsity eight race. Princeton, ranked seventh in the nation, also captured the second varsity eight race. The Bulldogs are ranked ninth. Yale’s varsity four improved to 14-0 with a victory over the Tigers. The Bulldogs crossed the line in 6:54.9, nearly four seconds faster than Princeton, who came in at 6:58.6. Yale’s second varsity four also won, finishing with a time of 6:59.8, almost three seconds faster than Princeton (7:02.7). Yale’s third varsity eight rolled to a nearly 10-second win with a time of 6:30.9. In the varsity eight, Princeton had a time of 6:08.9, edging Yale which finished in 6:10.3. The second varsity eight also had a close race. Princeton crossed the line in 6:19.9, while Yale came in at 6:22.

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